Thomas added the comment: Thanks Eryk for the additional explanation. I added a more elaborate example that doesn't abuse the standard c function that actually doesn't expect a union:
% gcc -shared -fPIC libfoo.c -o libfoo.so -Wall % python pyfoo.py *** stack smashing detected ***: python terminated [1] 28463 segmentation fault (core dumped) python pyfoo.py The underling issue is exactly the same as previously described. I still argue that ctypes should refuse to attempt such a call, and the documentation should be clarified, as long as libffi does not support unions. ---------- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file42373/pyfoo.py _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue26628> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
